So I called Verizon and it ended up getting fixed. They updated the service to ensure that if any new towers were in the area my phone was programmed to receive the transmission. Also, i deleted the contacts that texts were not going through to and re-added them. Turns out that when you add a new contact in your iphone, the first option is for it to be radio. Weird right?!? So anyway, if you keep hitting + the third option is for it to be a phone and after I changed that and reset my phone my texts started to go through again. Overall 30 minutes... Hope this helps anyone that may be dealing with the same issue :)